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TIL that Night of the Living Dead (1968) is responsible for the modern conception of zombies as unhinged flesh-eaters. Prior to the movie, "zombies" were typically portrayed as living people enslaved by priests. Interestingly however, the word "zombie" is never mentioned once in the entire film.

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pGye TIL a serial killer’s last request before being executed by firing squad was a bullet proof vest
rRexW TIL a street, a handful landmarks & a few towns in LA were named after Pío Pico, an Afro-Mexican and last governor of Alta California (when California was a part of Mexico)
0wPZp TIL the HIV epidemic was ignored as a 'gay disease' in the USA until a handful of straight people with the disease received national attention. One of them, a kid named Ryan White, refused the label of "innocent victim" as he worried it implied that gay HIV patients were somehow "guilty."
Z8O9G TIL that traditionally on a Korean baby’s first birthday, they are celebrated with a party with many special traditions. This party was historically because many Korean babies died before their first birthday before modern healthcare and 1 year of life was a blessing and an accomplishment.
N7Eg8 TIL in 2003 when Amanda Berry disappeared, "psychic" Sylvia Browne told Berry's mother that she was dead on the Montel Williams show. Berry's mother then died in 2006. In 2013 Berry was found alive after being held captive in Ariel Castro's basement for 10 years.